'Tis the season
I’m in full-on holiday mode these days. If it’s not writing about cookies for the Food Network and Cooking Channel blogs (today it’s macaroons–yay, Hannukah!–and pecan bourbon balls), it’s pondering upcoming festive dinners–Christmas, New Year’s, random dinner parties. You name it, I’m obsessing over the menu for it. It’s cold and rainy outside, but in [...]
Friday Food Writers: Mary Cantwell
Yes, it’s the return of Friday Food Writers! I’m out in California, native land of The German Professor (and beloved travel destination of The Cheese Hater, who seems to be a natural-born Californian in spite of having actually been born in the same New York City hospital as his mother….). I try not to bring [...]
The Friday food writers are packed….
….and so I will not be providing you with the usual dose of literary/culinary philosophy today. All of our books are in boxes, waiting to board their Lufthansa flight back to New York. I thought of googling for something, but it seemed (as googling so often does) like cheating. So instead I’ll provide you with [...]
Dutch treat
Thursday and Friday of last week were holidays here in Germany. The Cheese-Hater was off from school, and though we swore a few weeks back that we’d stop traveling constantly and just enjoy the cheeseless spring and early summer here in Berlin, when we realized we’ll be back in New York about a month from [...]
Local favorites: Spargel (with recipe)!
It is Spargel season in Germany. “Spargel”, though it just means “asparagus”, tends to refer to white asparagus that are thicker and sweeter than the green ones we usually eat in the US and are much-revered in these parts. At this time of year, there’s as much Spargel here as there is cheese in the [...]
